Sports Board Punjab (SBP) has established top standard sports infrastructure across the province and talented youth of Punjab must utilize these sports facilities to polish their skills in their respective games; this was stated by Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh during his inspection visit of existing sports infrastructure on Thursday. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, on this occasion, directed the concerned officials and staff to maintain the valuable sports infrastructure so that potential athletes can take maximum benefit out of these sports facilities.
First of all, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh visited Shahnaz Sheikh Hockey Stadium and Municipal Football Stadium in Rawalpindi. He also examined pavilion, hockey turf and floodlights at Waqar-un-Nisa Girls College and badminton, table tennis and squash courts in Liaqat Bagh Sports Complex. After observing these sports facilities, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh went to Pindi Gymnasium where he witnessed various parts of grand sports facility. He also planted a sapling there as part of Punjab govt’s ‘Aik Basher Do Shajar’ tree plantation campaign.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh also witnessed attractive gymnastic performance of young athletes at Pindi Gymnasium and praised the performance of agile gymnasts. Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh was accompanied by Divisional Sports Officer Malik Waqar, DSO Shamas Tauhhed Abbasi and other officials during his inspection visit. Then Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh visited Sawar Muhammad Shaheed cricket stadium in Gujjar Khan and inspected construction work there. He directed the staff concerned to complete the remaining construction work within a month. He also planted a sapling at Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed cricket stadium. After Gujjar Khan, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh visited under-construction cricket ground at Chak Aqqa in Tehsil Dina and asked the staff concerned to complete the remaining construction work as early as possible.Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh’s next destination was Sports Gymnasium in Jhelum where he examined the sports facilities thoroughly. He also planted a sapling there under Punjab govt’s ‘Aik Basher Do Shajar’ tree plantation campaign.
Divisional Sports Officer Malik Waqar gave a detailed briefing to Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh about the existing sports facilities. Deputy Commissioner Jhelum was also present on this occasion. Later, Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh also examined swimming pool in Gujrat. DSO Gujrat briefed the DG Sports about the functioning of swimming pool.